Mario's Italian Lemonade: 70 years as a Chicago summer staple
This week's Made in Chicago is a humble lemonade stand which has been delighting Chicagoans and visitors for 70 years. Since 1954, Mario's Italian Lemonade at 1068 W. Taylor Street has been serving up the sweet summer staple to generations of customers including David Buffer and Mishawn Davis-Eyene. “Great flavors and great prices,” Buffer said. “I...
The Festa del Redentore, Venice's feast of gratitude
The Festa del Redentore, or the Feast of the Redeemer, is one of Venice’s most significant and beloved events, celebrated annually on the third weekend of July. This festival has deep historical roots dating back to the 16th century, specifically to 1577, when it was established to give thanks for the end of a devastating plague that had swept thro...
Francis Ford Coppola Winery Is Giving Away a Pizza Lover's Dream Trip to Italy — Here's How to Win
Love pizza? Love Wine? Dreaming of a trip to Italy? Then this cooking competition may be your thing. Just as you start feeling the FOMO of everyone and their friends and family and everyone in between posting pics of their summertime jaunts to Italy, you can try and turn that Italian vacation envy into a legit trip. Francis Ford Coppola Winery just...
Artpark Presents Puccini’s Greatest: A Gala Opera Concert
Art Park presents Puccini’s Greatest: A Gala Opera Concert on Sunday, July 14 at 2pm at the Artpark Mainstage Theater, 450 South 4th Street, Lewiston, NY. Tickets start at $39 and can be purchased online at https://www.artpark.net/event/100079/puccinis-greatest-a-gala-opera-concert, by phone at 716.754.4375, or in person at 450 South 4th Street, Le...
This D.C. Deli Is Serving Up Authentic Chicago Italian Beef Sandwiches Inspired By The Bear
The Bear, the Chicago-based high-stress, anxiety-inducing hit drama/comedy show produced by FX and streaming on Hulu, has been captivating audiences for years. The show, which we are now all intimately familiar with, would take the occasional break from the stressful storylines to show you some of the most mouth-watering and delectable meal prep yo...
The exceptional increase in hydropower generation in Italy
The heavy rainfall and snowfall in the first part of the year in northern Italy did not only cause damage-although extensive and serious, for example in Piedmont and Aosta Valley-but also had the effect of increasing the production of hydroelectric power, that is, power produced by harnessing the energy of large masses of moving water. So far in 20...
Italian Air Force Precision Team Flies Over Vegas Strip, Headed to July 4 in Los Angeles Area
An Italian Air force precision demonstration team made a colorful green, white and red flight over the Las Vegas Strip on Wednesday as part of a North American tour headed to Los Angeles and Huntington Beach, California, for the U.S. Independence Day holiday. Italy's Aeronautica Militare team is called Frecce Tricolori, or “Tricolor Arrows” in E...
EC gives green light to ITA-Lufthansa deal
The European Commission said Wednesday that it has approved the planned merger of Lufthansa and ITA Airways. The EU added, however, that the green light for the operation was conditional on the implementation of remedies to protect competition regarding Milan's Linate airport, short-haul routes between Italy and Central Europe, and long-haul routes...
Caesar salad, invented in Mexico by Italian immigrants, is still pleasing palates after 100 years
Caesar salad has something to celebrate: It’s turning 100. Italian immigrant Caesar Cardini is said to have invented the dish on July 4, 1924, at his restaurant, Caesar’s Place, in Tijuana, Mexico. It was a steamy night, and Cardini was struggling to feed an influx of Californians who had crossed the border to escape Prohibition. In the middle of t...
Amerigo Vespucci ship world tour: Minister Crosetto inaugurates Italy Village in Los Angeles
The inaugural ceremony of the U.S. leg of the world tour of Nave Amerigo Vespucci, the historic sailing ship and training ship of the Italian Navy and former ambassador of Made in Italy in the world, was held in Los Angeles, as well as of Villaggio Italia, the multi-year Itinerant World Expo of Italian excellence that for seven more legs will flank...
The requirement for caps attached to plastic bottles has come into effect in Italy
As of July 3, a requirement went into effect in the European Union to market only plastic bottles with the cap that remains attached by one flap, aka a tethered cap. The requirement is contained in a 2019 European directive on reducing the incidence of plastics, which banned, as of July 2021, the sale of certain disposable plastic products such as...
A Luxury Ride Inspired by a Luxury Wine? Antinori and Maserati Unveil Collaboration
Picture this: you’re driving through the Tuscan countryside in a slick, new sports car; the wind is whipping through your hair as world-famous Chianti Classico vineyards disappear in the rearview mirror. In perhaps one of the most Italian collabs ever, Maserati and Marchesi Antinori have teamed up to release one of the first 100 percent electric lu...